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Duke will not dump its coal ash in Lee County (for now)

Duke Energy has rescinded plans to bury coal ash in an old clay mine in Lee County, the Charlotte Observer reported onWednesday. Instead, the ash will be used to make concrete at a facility near Goldsboro. According to the Observer, the concrete industry has pushed for Duke to make this move.

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Vigilance is great, but the last comment implies that such a posture, or actions taken by EnvironmentaLee, had anything to do with Duke’s decision. Like the fracking crisis that so far hasn’t come to pass, business forces often mean much more than protests or lawsuits.

Maybe the public funeral EnvironmentaLee held for the county was premature.